Posted on 12/02/2008 6:19:51 PM PST by TornadoAlley3
Health Tue, December 02, 2008 05:11 PM Washington, DC (CapitalWirePR) December 2, 2008 –On World AIDS Day December 1, 2008 the Latino Commission on AIDS released “Shaping the New Response: HIV/AIDS and Latinos in the Deep South” Report, documenting the extraordinarily high rates of HIV and AIDS diagnoses among Latinos, the apparent contributing factors to this health crisis and recommendations for future action in the Deep South (Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina)*. Shaping the New Response reached its conclusions after two years of research including more than 300 interviews, 8 roundtables covering all 7 states, analysis of epidemiological data, and a review of relevant studies.
There are 2,052,227 Latinos in these seven states (as of 2007) which is an increase of 431% since the 1990 census. Latinos range from a high of 7.5% of the population in Georgia to 1.8% for Mississippi. But in rates of HIV and AIDS diagnosis Latinos present a startling portrait. While Latinos have far lower rates of HIV and AIDS diagnoses than that among Blacks in the region, Latinos have significantly higher rates than that among Whites in the Deep South. In 2006 Latinos were 2 to 3 times more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS and 3 to 10 times more likely to be diagnosed with AIDS than Whites in the Deep South.
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For all their alleged “machismo,” seems to me the latinos have a dirty little secret or two...
Sounds like it's our fault. Makes you wonder how many of these people bring it with them when they come to this country in the first place.
Ai, papi!
There are 2,052,227 Latinos in these seven states (as of 2007) which is an increase of 431% since the 1990 census.
Down with “Hot Tamales!”
The border crossing is dangerous which is why it’s primarily done by men. A surplus of men and only a few prostitutes equals trouble.
Thank you McKinney-Vinto Act for letting diseased and tuberculosis ridden children into our public schools without asking for a ‘blue slip’. Cheers.
These are the illegals people bring into their homes and expose their children to, all for the sake of cheap labor. The cost to the taxpayer is excessive, but it could be even more costly for those employers.
Wrong, Our Military is composed mainly of men. Homosexuals are a problem in certain ethnic groups.
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